This is not a purely strategic or advisory role. You will be expected to take ownership of important business initiatives, drive progress yourself and remain accountable for the outcome. You create clarity, bring the right people together, make sure decisions are followed by action and ensure that projects lead to measurable business impact.
You will work on complex, high-impact initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability and business performance across the organization. These may include process improvements, ERP-related projects, automation opportunities, AI readiness initiatives or other projects that help the company work smarter and become more future-proof.
Your goal is to help the company increase output and effectiveness, not by working harder, but by working in a more structured, scalable and intelligent way. You will take responsibility for moving initiatives from idea to execution and for making sure that results are embedded in the business.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Translating strategic objectives from the management team into clear project plans, priorities and concrete actions.
- Taking ownership of cross-functional business initiatives from start to finish.
- Driving progress, decision-making and follow-up, also when projects involve ambiguity, dependencies or competing priorities.
- Creating structure, ownership and momentum in projects that involve multiple departments, stakeholders or business entities.
- Making sure that initiatives do not remain "plans on paper", but are executed, adopted and translated into measurable results.
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency and reduce manual work.
- Supporting large-scale business improvement projects, such as ERP implementation, automation initiatives or AI readiness programs.
- Working closely with operational leaders, internal project managers and senior stakeholders to align priorities and ensure progress.
- Challenging stakeholders constructively where needed, while also moving forward once decisions have been made.
- Providing clear insight into progress, risks, dependencies and business impact.
- Helping relieve senior management and company owners from being too involved in day-to-day project execution.
- Ensuring that project outcomes are embedded, owned and sustained by the organization after implementation.
You are comfortable operating in an informal, entrepreneurial culture where not everything is fully defined yet. You are able to ask critical questions, challenge senior stakeholders in a constructive way and recover quickly when ideas are adjusted or rejected. You know how to take up the right amount of space: visible and influential, without dominating the room.
We are looking for someone who brings:
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in business execution, transformation, change management, operational excellence, project leadership or a similar role.
- Experience in a fast-growing, scaling or transforming organization.
- Experience in a private equity-backed or rapidly professionalizing scale-up environment.
- A proven ability to take ownership of complex initiatives and deliver concrete outcomes.
- The ability to translate strategic vision into practical operational plans.
- A hands-on mentality and the willingness to execute parts of projects yourself.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence without formal authority.
- A good understanding of how operational improvements affect commercial performance and the bottom line.
- Affinity with technology, automation, process optimization and AI-driven improvements.
- Strong communication skills in English.
- The maturity, resilience and social awareness to succeed in a close-knit, informal company culture.
- A competitive salary package, depending on your level of relevant experience and seniority..
- Some flexibility for an exceptional candidate.
- The possibility of a personal year-end bonus, depending on profile and performance.
- 26 vacation days per year.
- A pension plan with a total contribution of 15%, split equally between employer and employee.
- Access to a personal development program, including coaching and other wellbeing-related resources.
- The opportunity to help shape a newly created role.
- A high-impact position close to senior decision-making.
- The chance to work on strategic projects that directly influence the future of the organization.
- An informal, open and entrepreneurial working environment.